Cacti (cacti care) M + . Magnimamma . M . Magnimamma Haw . Non G .

Motherland - Mexico (central highlands to C . A Potosi ) The stem is round, broad, gray-blue-green or dark blue-green, shrubs and sod forms; nipplestetrahedral, not sharp angles; aksily with white wool, wool in the area of ​​flowering more; on the nipple 3 - 5 curved, radial subulate spines, length of 1.5 - 2.5 cm, horn color with black tips; central spines usually does not happen; flowers to 2.5 cm in length and diameter, off-cream, with a thin reddish stripe on the petals, fruit carmine . Genus Mammillaria Haw . - Mammillaria - the most numerous genus of the family Cactaceae . It has 350 species and 98 varieties . The genus is divided into 3 sections hydor-hilum - with watery juice, galaktos-chylos - with milky juice and hydro sub-chymos, whose milky juice guest central vessels only. Depending on the shape of the nipples, studs, and the stem, as well as quantities of flowers andother symptoms generally fall into these sections na sub groups and subgroups. Appearance Mammillaria, their flowers, thorns and pubescence unusually varied . A distinctive feature of the genus is the lack of ribs instead of which stem of the plant is covered with papillae, and the special structure of the areola: it is divided into two parts - one carrying the spikes isat the end of the papilla, the other - and vegetative - is in aksile (the depression between the papillae) . The flowers appear from last year's axilla around the top . After flowering, the fruit is formed immediately, it gradually emerges from the axilla . Plant of the genus Mammillaria culture mostly unpretentious . In the summer they need moisture and the sun (withshading from strong heat), in the winter - cold and dry content at + 8, + 10 ° . Some authors (Pazhout, etc. . . ) Identify groups Mammillaria the general background that creates a coating of stem pubescence . Very beautiful white (M . Bocasana, M . Kandnda, M . Plumosa and M . hahniana) and yellow Mamillaria (M + . elongata, especially the speciesStella-aurate, M . Pringles, M . tselziana and others), pubescence which hairs, spines and bristles often completely covers the buds on the stem and looks very impressive. White Mamillaria grow in mountainous areas of central and northern Mexico on limestone and chalk cliffs . They no longer need other cacti in the light of the sun and requiresoil additives lime .